Nilfgaardian's journal

Maintaining discipline in the ranks grows harder by the day – hunger, pestilence, dysentery and word of the Redanians’ approach has wreaked havoc. Second Lieutenant von Dubb put eight soldiers into confinement for subversive activities and spreading enemy propaganda. This raised morale at once, because it meant an immediate increase in biscuit rations.

Vague stories of Redanian cruelty towards prisoners of war circulate around camp. Supposedly they flay men alive as skillfully as if they were removing peas from a pod. Compared to these tales Second Lieutenant von Dubb’s morning motivational talks seem pale indeed.

It is in just such situations that imperial officers must shine as examples and categorically deny such idiotic rumors. I believe, however, that this is having the exact opposite effect of the one desired.